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• Japan ready to finance India’s coal-fuelled projects

  26 May 2015

  At a time when multilateral funders such as the World Bank have stopped supporting coal-fuelled po... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at key Indian ports stable on week at 16.62 mil mt: Interocean

  26 May 2015

  Coal stocks at 16 major Indian ports totaled 16.62 million mt as of May 22, up 0.2% week on week, ... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal firms raise prices as summer peak approaches

  26 May 2015

  Chinese coal firms are increasing prices for the first time this year as the summer consumption pe... . ...Read More

• Mining Association perhapi pushes for 35,000 MW programme

  26 May 2015

  The Indonesian Mining Professionals Association, or Perhapi, has announced its support for a 35,00... . ...Read More

• FOB Indonesia coal swap ; Up week over week

  26 May 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery Q3 2015 gains week over week and lost month on month, this past ... . ...Read More

• Coal Prices Stabilized Last Week after the Previous Week’s Fall

  26 May 2015

  Powder River Basin PRB (Powder River Basin) coal spot prices averaged $9.90 per ton for the week... . ...Read More

• Colombia cuts 2015 coal output forecast, Q1 volume falls 5 pct

  26 May 2015

  Colombia, the world’s fourth biggest coal exporter, produced 23.2 million tonnes of the fuel... . ...Read More

• U.S. expected to lead global consolidation trend in coal

  26 May 2015

  The coal industry is expecting a wave of consolidation, led by the U.S. market, as years of depres... . ...Read More

• Study: EPA plan will further hurt coal

  26 May 2015

  A new government analysis of President Barack Obama’s signature effort to fight climate chan... . ...Read More

• Beijing promises coal-free power by 2017 to fight pollution

  26 May 2015

  Beijing will build four gas-fired power and heating plants by next year and shut the last of its c... . ...Read More

• Duda Win Puts Ailing Coal Mines in Focus for Polish Utilities

  26 May 2015

  Polish utilities risk becoming an unwitting casualty of Andrzej Duda’s victory in Sunday&rsq... . ...Read More

• Cement factories in Egypt face difficulty in using coal within energy mix

  26 May 2015

  Cement factory owners said the specifications set by the Ministry of Environment on trade, transpo... . ...Read More

• Coal India plans to cut workforce by 30%; aims to reduce average age of executives from 47 to 30 in 5 years

  25 May 2015

  State-run monopoly Coal IndiaBSE -0.36 % plans to cut its workforce by nearly a third and reduce t... . ...Read More

• Auction for commercial coal mining likely in FY16: Coal Secretary Anil Swarup

  25 May 2015

  The government is preparing to take the next big leap in the coal sector and hopes to auction bloc... . ...Read More

• Enforcement Directorate acts against Electrosteel Castings in coal block allocation case

  25 May 2015

  The Enforcement Directorate has initiated action against Electrosteel Castings for its alleged inv... . ...Read More